Almost four months after Venezuela's government-friendly Supreme Court (TSJ) ratified Nicolás Maduro's victory over Edmundo González Urrutia during the July presidential elections, the U.S. is stepping up its support for the opposition, calling Edmundo González Urrutia the president-elect of the Caribbean country. Venezuelan presidential race fair and square.
Ever since Maduro held on to power, the Venezuelan government has further cracked down on dissent, with González fleeing Venezuela for Spain after receiving threats. Maria Corina Machado, the opposition leader who was banned from running by the Supreme Court, has been in hiding for months.
